Yes, I've noticed this alot recently too. You used to get tires delivered wrapped up in a black plastic bin liner type thing. However, I got some tires two weeks ago, received them in a carboard box size horse box box enveloped. I had to open them in the street because the box wouldnt fit through my door/letterbox

Same for me. Ordered something that wasn't fragile and would've fitted in a standard envelope. Was a bit miffed when I had to go to the post office to pick up a shoe box size box that wouldn't fit through my letter box. Forgot to complain about that one.

I too get sjipped items in boxes that are mostly filled with air, using many times the cardboard needed. Another irritant is the items that come in the thick, heat sealed plastic that could stop a 30mm armor-piercing round--finally bought a battery powered cutter from Black & Decker that makes short work of getting them opened up

Sorry to repeat thread however this excess packaging is really wasteful and stupid. I see cycling as a sustainable activity; there`s a golden rule about recycling which is : REDUCE ; REUSE; RECYCLE; CRC should look to REDUCE, it is ridiculously wasteful

no worries on the repeat thread mate,hopefully they'll take the hint, as stevemtb said, something that in theory could be posted through a letter box, would save the hassle of having to go and collect if you weren't in when the post was delivered.

I got a pair of handlebars (EA70, which come in a solid box which i wouldn't have been bothered if they just stuck an address label on) in a fork box! you could have fitted about 10 handlebar boxes in it!

Yeah coming a pain to have to keep visiting the delivery office for something so small (plus for someone reason Southampton Shirley seem to mislay them easily ??), think I'll have to start paying a few extra quid and support the lbs.

Guess from a shipping/storage/transit point of view it's easier to have several hundred boxes that stack and can fork lift easily etc... than several thousand odd shaped jiffy parcels...

I fully agree about a single box and limited selection helping CRC packesr but in days when supermarkets are limiting isue of free bags CRC policy is going the wrong wayn environmentally Many cycle products, eg lubes and oils spring to mind, use selling point of environmentally friendly so CRC should be looking to what they do themselves IMO

The new folding box doesn't fit through our letterbox (it's a standard size letterbox) so if I order a small item from them it gets carded if I'm out when a little jiffy bag would have gone straight through.